Archive for channel 4
It's a shame that the 'No' campaign has sunk to such desperate tactics
To round off my media-tastic weekend, I’ve been talking to Channel 4 News about electoral reform: Speaking to Channel 4 News he added: “It’s a shame that the ‘No’ campaign has sunk to such desperate tactics as inventing fake stories about counting machine costs, but it shows just how scared the old-fashioned political establishment is [...]
Fact Check factchecks the Fact Check quoters
Oops. Bit of, err…, over exuberance over on Labour List who ran the story: Deficit caused by economic crisis, says Channel 4… The Tories have spent most of the past year trying to establish a media narrative that says Labour are to blame for the deficit. Once they had acheived that, it was just a [...]
Election cost rules could go 'from bad to worse'
That’s the headline Channel 4 have put on an interview I did with them as part of their investigation into election expenses: As a further five MPs face questions over election spending, Liberal Democrat funding adviser Mark Pack tells Channel 4 News about the complex rules which may need tightening up to ensure campaigns are fair. [...]
Chancellors debate: I was wrong
On reflection, what I wrote last night was wrong. No, not in thinking that Vince Cable won the debate (see numerous comments in the mainstream media from left and right to back that up or the fact that he got more rounds of applause than the other two combined). No, not in praising the chairing [...]
Ask the Chancellors: live blog
Here are the verdicts on how it went:
Overall verdict
Very well chaired by Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Cable frequently got applause. Darling held his ground well, but Osborne often weak and looking shifty. No-one got in a killer blow that will shift lots of people’s views, but debate will have confirmed praise for Cable and doubts about Osborne.
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No panic here, nothing to see, move along
Two different stories today, unconnected in one way but both – particularly when put together – speaking volumes for the current state of the Conservative Party. Obviously, panic or disagreements are in no way involved. Not at all.
First we have ConservativeHome’s take on the party starting to use YouGov in addition to Populus:
Up until now [...]
TV leaders debates: predictions, worms, evidence and arbitration
I’ve blogged quite a few times on the subject of televised debates between the main party leaders at the general election, so here’s a round-up of my posts on the matter: After 46 years of trying, there are finally to be TV debates between the party leaders at a UK general election. I’ve made my ten [...]
Watch my Channel 4 News interview
I did a short interview with Channel 4 News for their website today about the Gordon Brown plot (in short: “what a farce” and “good news for Lib Dem candidates hoping to gain seats from Labour”) which you can watch here along with the views of Paul Staines and Kerry McCarthy. Meanwhile, ready your TV [...]
Televised party leader debates: get your worms at the ready
The “worm” is an instant poll tracker which wriggles across people’s TV screens, showing the net negative or positive reaction of a small group of the public to what is happening on screen. Running a worm across a politician’s speech or a debate between politicians has become a not uncommon feature of political coverage across [...]
What are the lessons from Channel 4's YouTube deal?
The news that Channel 4 is going to use YouTube as the mechanism for providing catch-up and archive content, starting in November, is of obvious direct interest to the TV industry. But Channel 4′s decision to go with YouTube also has wider lessons which apply across other sectors. First, even Channel 4 – an organisation [...]
